Table for filling rotary brooms.



N0. 743,328. PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

L. J. RBMMELE. TABLE FOR FILLING ROTARY BROOMS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS J. REMMELE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TABLEVFOR FILLING ROTARY BROOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,328, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed November '7, 1902 Serial No. 130,396. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. REMMELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented and produced anew and original Improvement in Tables for Filling Rotary Brooms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture or refilling of rotary brushes or brooms such as are used for snow-sweeping by street-railways and for similar purposes. l-Ieretofore it has been common to insert in said brushes the reeds forming the sweeping part thereof by hand, which has been a very slow and tedious operation, itrequirin g one man about a day to fill a single broom,

The objects of my invention are to enable such filling to be done mechanically and to provide for this purpose a suitable table or apparatus, to obtain a simple and easily-operated device, tosecure a great saving of time and labor, to obtain uniformity in the brushes, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which will be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved table for filling rotary brooms and in the an 'rangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved table with reeds arranged thereon at full length as in the preliminary steps of filling a broom-section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 shows in cross-section as upon line 02, Fig. 1, the table in extended position. Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view after the table has been closed or folded. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the table as upon line y, Fig. 4 Fig. 7 shows in perspective a certain toothed holding rod hereinafter described. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view illustrating certain tipping guide-pins, the same being shown in lowered position Fig. 9 is an end and Fig. 10 a front elevation of the said guide-pins in standing position, and Fig. 11 shows in perspective the supportingbar for said guide-pins.

In said drawings, 2 indicates the top of my improved table, which is horizontally supported at any suitable height upon legs 3 and cross-braces 4, adapted to secure rigidity and firmness. Said table-top is divided longitudinally of the table into two portions 5 6, each of which is preferably formed of stout planks or boards and the two being hinged together, as at 7 7. One of the two portions, as 5, is fastenedsecurely upon the table-supports, While the other, 6, is left free and can thus be tipped over into superposed position upon the stationary part 5. Each leaf has at its outer edge a raised flange or border-piece 8, and upon the top of this flange is a wider strip 9 of heavy sheet metal. Said wider strip 9 of sheet metal has transverse slots 10, adapted to receive bolts 11, extending downward through the said strip 9, flange 8, and the table-top and each having at itslower end a nut, with a wrench 111 or equivalent turning means permanently carried thereby. By loosening said bolts 11, therefore, the metal strip 9 can be slid to project inward from the flanges 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,

or the said metal strips can be slid outward to coincide at their inner edges with the inner edges of said flanges, as will be understood.

The table 2 is of somewhat greater length than the brushes whose segments are to be filled one at a time on said table, and in operation the reeds or rat-an strips 12, which are to form the sweeping part of the broom, are first laid transversely of the table, the metal strips 9 being slid outward to facilitate this step. When a sufficient number of reeds have been so arranged upon the table, the metal strips 9 are slid in over the ends thereof and hold them in place, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings more especially. A section frame 14 of my improved broom, shown in my copending application, Serial No. 130,397, filed November 7, 1902, and to in place.

which reference is made for more complete description, is then laid longitudinally of the table upon the reeds arranged thereon and is secured at its opposite ends outside said reeds. Briefly, said brush-section frame consists of transverse plates 15, arranged at suitable intervals upon connecting-rods 16, 17, and 18, projecting at their ends beyond the endmost plates and threaded to receive nuts. When placed upon the table, the side rods 18 18 are removed, and of the remaining two rods, one, as 17, is adapted upon the removal of its end nut to be inserted in adjustable brackets 19 upon the table-top and by means of which the said broom-section frame is held Said adjustable brackets 19 are located upon the stationary portion of the tabletop adjacent to its edge next to the swinging leaf, and each comprises apiece of sheet metal bent at right angles and having in its foot or horizontal portion 20 a slot 200 to receive a bolt 22, extending into the table-top, and in its vertical portion 21 a laterally-opening slot 211 to receive the end of the rod 17. Preferably the table-top 2 is recessed at its upper surface along its middle and on both sides of the line of hinging of the stationary and swinging sections, so as to receive the frame of the broom-section being filled without the latter projecting upward too much for the reeds to lie fiat on the table, all as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 more especially. After said brush-section frame has been locked in place, as described, with its transverse plates separating the reeds into groups, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, an auxiliary holding-strip 212 is applied to the swinging section of the table. Said auxiliary strip has pins or teeth 213 arranged at distances apart equal to the distances between the plates 15 of the broomsection frame, and in applying said holdingstrip the said pins are inserted into the divisions between the groups of reeds close to said plates of the frame 14. The entire holding-strip is then drawn outward a distance upon the swinging section 6 of the table to where said table-section is provided with a longitudinal series of sockets 214 for the said pins to sink into. The extremities of the holding-strip project beyond the ends of the table and are locked to fastening-bolts 23 thereon, as by nuts 24.

The stationary section 5 of the table has also a fixed row of pins 25, spaced as are the holding strip-pins 213 and plates 15 of the brush-section frame 14 and which serve to originally divide the reeds in'groups as they are arranged 011 the table. The swinging section 6 of the table-top is next turned over into superposed position by means of hand-levers 26,t-ransversely mounted thereon near its ends and projecting from its free or outer edge, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and this bends or doubles the reeds around the rods 16 17 of the broom-section frame into proper relative position thereon, as shown in Fig. 5. The side rods or stays 18 18 of the said broom-section frame are then pushed endwise into place in the perforated plates 15, and afterward the metal strip 9 of the swinging section of the table is released from the ends of the reeds and said swinging section of the table returned to its original position, leaving the broom-section properly filled upon the stationary table-section.

Preferably to avoid even the slight danger of any of the reeds riding up upon the edges of the section frame-plates 15 as they are bent I provide a bar 27, adapted to lie along the hinge-joint of the two table-sections and being journaled at its opposite rounded ends 28 in supports 29, projecting from the stationary table-leaf and having flattened portions adapted to be clamped to the table-top by the same bolts 22 which hold the brackets 19. The said bar 27 has pins or teeth 30, spaced like the broom-section frame-plates 15, and when the bar lies normally edgewise said pins project horizontally toward the swinging tablesection out of the way of placing reeds on the table, as shown in Fig. 4. WVhen, however, the said bar is turned a quarter-turn preliminary to closing or folding the table, said pins are brought to stand upright against the edges of the plates 15, as shown in Fig. 5.

Obviously various modifications and substitutions of equivalents may be made in my device as described without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I do not wish to be limited by the positive descriptive terms employed except as the state of the art may require.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what I claim as new is l. A table for filling rotary broomsections, havinga top with a swinging leaf adapted to be opened outwardly, or to be folded into superposed position, and means for securing reeds and a broom-section frame, respectively, to said table-top.

2. Atable for bending or doubling broomreeds, having a top with two sections hinged one to the other and adapted to be folded together or opened to lie in the same plane, and means for securing reeds in transverse position upon said sections.

3. A table for filling rotary broom-sections, having a top with two hinged sections adapted to be extended to lie in the same plane or to be brought into superposed position, means for supporting said sections, and means for holding reeds and the broom-section, respectively, in place thereon.

4. A table for filling brooms, comprising two sections, one stationary and the other hinged thereto and adapted to be extended to lie in the same plane or to be closed into superposed position, means at the opposite outer margins of said sections for holding a transverse series of reeds upon the table, and means at the opposite ends of the said fixed section and adjacent to its inner edge for holding a broom-section frame.

5. A table for filling rotary broom-sections,

comprising a suitable supporting-frame, atop composed of two sections one of which is fixed to said frame and the other free, said leaves being hinged together, means for securing a series of reeds transversely on said leaves, and means forholdin g a broom-section frame longitudinally.

G. In a table for filling rotary broom-sec tions, a top comprising two hinged sections, each having upon its free margin a raised flange and upon said flange an inwardly-projecting strip, one of said strips being laterally adjustable upon its flange, means for securing a broom-section frame longitudinally upon the table intermediate of said outer margins of the section and means for folding said sections together.

7. In a table for filling rotary broom-sections, hinged leaves upon which the reeds are adapted to be spread, the opposite outer margins of said leaves having stops for the ends of said reeds, and the adjacent inner margins being recessed and forming a central groove, and means for securing a broom-section frame in said groove.

In a table for filling rotary broom-sections,the combinationwith supporting means, of hinged leaves one stationary and the other swinging, and said leaves being recessed at their adjacent margins to ,form a central groove, brackets mounted in said groove upon opposite ends of the stationary leaf and adapted to receive a broom section frame, and means upon the outer portion of saidleaves for securing reeds in transverse position thereon.

9. In a table for filling rotary broom-sections, two hinged leaves having at their opposite outer margins means for securing a transverse series of reeds in place thereon and hav ing near their inner hinged edges means for longitudinally supporting a broom -section frame, a series of vertical reed-spacing pins arranged on one of said leaves adjacent to its inner edge, and means for supporting and for swinging said leaves.

10. In a table for filling rotary broom-sections, the combination of two hinged leaves having at their outcrmarginal portions means for securing the ends of a transverse series of reeds and having adjacent to their line of hinging means for holding a broom-section frame in longitudinal position, one of saidand means adjacent to the line of hinging of said leaves for supporting in longitudinal position a broomsection frame having transverse plates, of a guiding-strip pivotally sup ported at its ends upon one of said leaves and having a series of teeth or pins spaced to correspond to the said section frame-plates and adapted to project upward from the table and lie against the edges of said plates.

12. A table for filling brooms, having a top comprising sections adapted to be folded together or opened to lie in the same plane, and means for securing reeds and abroom-section, respectively, upon said top.

13. A table for bending reeds, having a top comprising sections adapted to be extended to lie in the same plane and receive the reeds and to be brought into folded relation to bend said reeds, and means for securing the reeds to said top.

14E. In a table for filling brooms, a top comprising sections adapted to be folded together or opened apart to lie in the same plane, said sections providing a recess between the adj acent edges of their upper surfaces, and means for securing a broom-frame in said recess parallel to the line of folding of the sections.

15. In a table for filling brooms, the combination of a table-top comprisinga stationary section and a swinging section hinged together, means for securing a broom-frame longitudinally upon said stationary section vember, 1902.

. LOUIS J. REMMELE. W'itnesses C. B. PITNEY, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. 

